[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/5r7OTIh.png[/img] [b][color=Aquamarine]wordcount:[/color][/b] 1,463 (+3) [b][color=Aquamarine]Midna: level 2[/color][/b] EXP: [color=Aquamarine]///////[/color]/////////////////////// (7/30) [b][color=Aquamarine]Location:[/color][/b] Sandswept Sky – Great Barrier (in Vah Naboris) [/center] The trip proved to be relatively uneventful in terms of external events. The camel plodded on, the desert rolled by, and the heat and light bore down relentlessly upon everything outside their cool sanctuary. If there was anything alive in the sandy wastes it gave them a wide berth. Inside there was time for talk and personal development. [hr] When Sectonia approached her to have a whispered chat about the Medic, Midna partially agreed with the queen’s assessment of the strange doctor. As some of the most ‘scientifically interesting specimens’ onboard they certainly had reason to worry that the doctor would be interested in experimenting on them, but as he seemed to be a mere, if useful, human Midna, perhaps foolishly, dismissed the threat [color=Aquamarine]”I don’t think he’d be so reckless as to try something because if he does,”[/color] Midna jerked her neck violently in a pretty unsubtle hint as to what she intended the doctors fate be should he mess with her, [color=Aquamarine]”but if it helps you sleep at night I’ll watch your back if you’ll watch mine”[/color] [color=Aquamarine]”That said, I don’t suppose you have any experience dealing with working with those under the influence before now? Anything I should be careful about”[/color] she asked, realizing that if they were having a whispered conversation about this it would be good to check that question she’d been sitting on off the list. [hr] [color=Aquamarine]”It really will,”[/color] the princess agreed with Primrose that it would be incredibly inconvenient to leave the divine beast behind, and she hadn’t even though about the fact that that they’d have issues with transport once they got on top of the cliff. [color=Aquamarine]”Maybe someone would need to go back with it. Keep it safe? Could solve the issue of how cramped Mona’s machine form will get up top”[/color] Midna said, unknowingly repeating Primrose’s line of thought. She had time to think it over. They’d have to deal with getting up the cliff in the first place after all. [color=Aquamarine]”Oh? That’s good,”[/color] Midna said, slightly surprised by Primrose coming to thank her for lending her one of her Wolfos during her trip into the pyramid as she’d gotten the impression that the woman was usually the standoffish sort, [color=Aquamarine]”I hope you enjoyed the royal ride”[/color] she added cheekily before taking a breath and then saying [color=Aquamarine]”your welcome, I’m glad it was useful”[/color] It had taken a few moments to work out that if Primrose seemed to be going against her nature to be nice or polite or sociable then it was incredibly unproductive to not try and meet her halfway. [hr] Minda tilted her head to one side when Fox first ignored her question about why he’d not looked as happy with the raid as she thought he would have, and then briefly looked annoyed when he pushed forward to more immediate concerns, but then shrugged lightly to herself and let it go. Maybe she’d misread him, he did have a fox’s face for a face after all, or perhaps he just didn’t want to be pushed into talking about whatever had gone down and this was his way of doing that. She could have needled him about, it would have been cathartic to know that the idea she’d been against hadn’t gone perfectly for him, but she decided to drop it and answered his question instead. [color=Aquamarine]”Still heading the right way yes, if that’s what you mean”[/color] Midna had never seen a ship larger than a canoe, much less the ocean, so using 'heading' in the way fox had was unfamiliar to her [color=Aquamarine]”and I can’t see much more than what Mona described. Vah Naboris is able to see a lot further, and i think shoot a lot further, but the swinging of that sight makes me want to throw up while we’re moving. Don’t think stopping to take a look will do much good compared to the time it’ll waste. The way looks clear so we’ll see what there is to see when we get there”[/color] [hr] The rest of the journey was unremarkable. When not thinking about what to do with Naboris or engaging in small talk, Midna tried out her new, more muscular physique, actually gracing the ground with her presence when she found a quiet spot inside the titan to practice walking again. The princess had never really had physical strength before, the princess having been more on her magic, politicking and looks when it came to avenues of power. So it came as a surprise to her just how good it felt to not just be fit but muscular. After finding walking actually possible instead of the absolute pain in her base imp-form she did a little bit of running too and even went and hefted up one of the gears Sectonia had found for good measure. The niggling new desire to fight was starting to make a lot more sense to the princess and it completely clicked when she took time to call up one of her other Wolfos in-order to play around with her magic finding the perfect size to make it. A bit of leg muscle made a world of difference when riding, with Midna finding that she might be able to use her arms freely rather than using them to cling to the wolf’s fur and leaving everything to the fused shadow’s arm, opening up a whole realm of new possibilities. [color=Aquamarine]”If this is what I can do with one spirit, think of what I could do with more”[/color] she told her now slightly larger wolfos mount, before having a thought and adding [color=Aquamarine]”or what you could do”[/color] The possibilities where dawning on her, time would tell how far she'd go. [hr] Plodding onward, they eventually found their way to the cliff Mona had warned them about and it was, as he’d predicted, going to be impassable for the Divine beast as the cliff face towered twice as high as their beast. Broken bridges littered the area around it, none reaching all the way up either thanks to their deprecated state or because the top of the cliff wasn't their original destination, one side having risen or sunk due to reasons unknown. Either way, this time Midna was unlikely to find the rest of the bridge laying around for her to bring back, and without twilight breaking into the realm of light it was unlikely she’d have had the strength to do so either, so those looked like they were going to be mostly unhelpful. She of course could get up without to much issue. It would have been a pain to float up under the blistering sun (he couldn't see any objects at the top who’s shadow she could jump too due to the sheer height) but she could just ride up in Sectonia’s shadow again. It was getting the others up that would be the problem. The heavy and the medic both had suggestions. The heavy’s to throw people, which Minda could help with but thought was a bit ambitious and risky. The odds of someone going splat were worryingly high. The medics was to have the Divine beast act as a ladder by standing it up on its hind legs. [color=Aquamarine]”Let me just see if...”[/color] Midna said before the beast began to move in spot as unseen to the others the giant camel raised one of it's hind legs and tried to stretch it out behind itself [color=Aquamarine]”No, sorry. It’s not flexible enough to stand upright like that. We might be able to get some added height by claiming the front legs up the wall, but not all of it.”[/color] The titan settled back down as she pointed at the Heavy and the Medic [color=Aquamarine]”If we stick your two ideas together it could work, but it would be very risky. Naboris might tip over, you or I might miss a toss. It’s a plan, but maybe a last resort? Also Medic's idea could make carrying people up less of a pain for Poppi and if your up for it, Sectonia, by making the distance shorter”[/color] After weighing in on the proposed plans she offered up her own [color=Aquamarine]”Maybe instead we get some spirit sourced mobility. I’d describe some of the ‘wildlife’ out there as monsters instead, and some of it can fly or maybe climb, so if we get spirits from them we can use their power to lift us up. Or we can tame something? Me and Link once used a Shadow Kargaroc (it’s a big twilight corrupted bird) we beat up to fly up a massive dried up river canyon. Maybe we’d be able to ‘convince’ something out there to help carry you instead if you don’t want to worry about fusing with ugly monsters?”[/color]